Designing Our Atmosphere: 45 points Objective: Create a visual of the Earth's atmosphere.
Make a drawing of the Earth's atmosphere that includes: 1. The 7 layers of the atmosphere. (7pts) 2. The distance each layer occupies (7pts) 3. The temperature range within the layer (7pts) 4. The function of each layer. (4 pts) 5. What might we expect to "see/find" in each layer? (4 pts) 6. Relationship between height and temperature of each layer. (4 pts)
Please make sure your drawing contains each of the 6 components above. Color each layer a different color. Please be neat and use class time appropriately. (7pts) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Movement Read pages 21-25 in The Air Around You and answer the following questions:
What is wind?
Sketch Figure 15 and label.
Why does the equator receive more radiation than the North or South?
Heated air is less or more dense?
Colder air is less or more dense?
Explain what happens with warm air from the equator and colder air from the north/south.
Explain the Coriolis Effect.
Copy page 23 into your notes: This will be VERY IMPORTANT!
Global wind systems (like you illustrated from page 23), determine major weather patterns for the entire planet. Smaller wind systems affect weather.
Describe sea breezes and land breezes and the differences between the two.
Weather Flip Book
Following Mrs. Adams’ directions, create a Weather Flip book. Fill your flip book with the information listed below (Weather Flip Contents). Use The Air Around You as a reference to answer the following: Weather Flip Contents:
1. Weather Factor Definitions: Define and give examples of each: weather, air temperature, wind, humidity, condensation, relative humidity, dew point 2. Temperature and Weather: What happens as air is heated? Cooled? How does temperature impact humidity? 3. Cloud Formation: How does a cloud form? How are clouds classified? Draw a few examples 4. Cloud Types List and describe the 3 main cloud types Define: cirro, alto and strato prefixes 5. Precipitation What does “nimbus” mean? What do nimbus clouds indicate? Define: precipitation What determines the size of raindrops? What is hail and how does it form? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011 Winter Weather Predictions
Read pages 44-51 in The Air Around You book. Answer the following questions:
1. Why does the weather change constantly? 2. Looking at the map on page 44, what are the 6 major air masses that affect weather in the U.S.? 3. Of the 6 air masses, which do you think impact PA? Why? (you will need to THINK – it’s not in the book) 4. Wind flows from high/low pressure areas into high/low pressure areas. 5. In the northern hemisphere, the Earth’s rotation causes winds to blow in a clockwise/counter-clockwise direction. Swirling low pressure areas are called __ . 6. What kind of weather is associated with cyclones? 7. Describe anticyclones in terms of air pressure and weather produced. 8. Describe the weather associated with low-pressure and high-pressure air masses. 9. What is a front? 10. Briefly describe what happens with a cold front: Warm front: 11. Briefly describe (by recording 4-6 facts about each event) each of the following severe weather events: a. Thunderstorms (w/ lightning and thunder) b. tornadoes c. hurricanes/cyclones/typhoons d. blizzards
Objective: Create a visual of the Earth's atmosphere.
Make a drawing of the Earth's atmosphere that includes:
1. The 7 layers of the atmosphere. (7pts)
2. The distance each layer occupies (7pts)
3. The temperature range within the layer (7pts)
4. The function of each layer. (4 pts)
5. What might we expect to "see/find" in each layer? (4 pts)
6. Relationship between height and temperature of each layer. (4 pts)
Please make sure your drawing contains each of the 6 components above. Color each layer a different color. Please be neat and use class time appropriately. (7pts)
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Air Movement
Read pages 21-25 in The Air Around You and answer the following questions:
Weather Flip Book
Following Mrs. Adams’ directions, create a Weather Flip book. Fill your flip book with the information listed below (Weather Flip Contents). Use The Air Around You as a reference to answer the following:
Weather Flip Contents:
1. Weather Factor Definitions:
Define and give examples of each: weather, air temperature, wind, humidity, condensation, relative humidity, dew point
2. Temperature and Weather:
What happens as air is heated? Cooled?
How does temperature impact humidity?
3. Cloud Formation:
How does a cloud form?
How are clouds classified?
Draw a few examples
4. Cloud Types
List and describe the 3 main cloud types
Define: cirro, alto and strato prefixes
5. Precipitation
What does “nimbus” mean?
What do nimbus clouds indicate?
Define: precipitation
What determines the size of raindrops?
What is hail and how does it form?
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2011 Winter Weather Predictions
NOAA Winter Weather
Weather Forecasting
Understanding the Weather
Twister
Weather INTERACTIVE
Weather Unit Resources
Severe Weather Disaster
Severe Weather Links
Scholastic Weather
Weather Facts
FEMA for kids
Read pages 44-51 in The Air Around You book. Answer the following questions:
1. Why does the weather change constantly?
2. Looking at the map on page 44, what are the 6 major air masses that affect weather in the U.S.?
3. Of the 6 air masses, which do you think impact PA? Why? (you will need to THINK – it’s not in the book)
4. Wind flows from high/low pressure areas into high/low pressure areas.
5. In the northern hemisphere, the Earth’s rotation causes winds to blow in a clockwise/counter-clockwise direction. Swirling low pressure areas are called __ .
6. What kind of weather is associated with cyclones?
7. Describe anticyclones in terms of air pressure and weather produced.
8. Describe the weather associated with low-pressure and high-pressure air masses.
9. What is a front?
10. Briefly describe what happens with a cold front:
Warm front:
11. Briefly describe (by recording 4-6 facts about each event) each of the following severe weather events:
a. Thunderstorms (w/ lightning and thunder)
b. tornadoes
c. hurricanes/cyclones/typhoons
d. blizzards